Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)

Headquarters

media-12882.jpeg UPL 12882 Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

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Object Number - UPL 12882 - Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
Based	Steeple Morden

People

Fred R Haviland

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: O-660565
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Walter R Hughes

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 334th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: 2825041; O-825441
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown and Lieutenant-Colonel Claiborn H "Zoot" Kinnard Jr of the 355th Fighter Group with Brown's P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas". Image stamped and signed on reverse to pass base censorship. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'HW Brown (Left) & unknown commander 355 FG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse, in different script, refers to the "unknown commander": 'He is Lt Col Kinnard.'

Claiborne Holmes Kinnard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Service Numbers: O-383753
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer

Henry H Kirby

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: O-25735
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Operations Officer

Wallace W Knief

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group Headquarters (355th Fighter Group)
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:53

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)